Support Project to the rice sector for food safety
« BEY DUNDE »
Raising awareness among schoolchildren and preparation of posters providing information and signalling for a safe pesticide management in the Unions of Federation of self-managed perimeters in Senegal (FPA).
The context of the intervention
The “Bey Dunde” rice sector support project for food security is based in the Senegal River delta. As part of the project’s activities, an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) is being implemented, which includes a major section on the safe use and management of pesticides. Following contact with the Bey Dunde project, PAN Africa proposed to produce posters providing information and signalling for the seven (7) hydraulic unions of the FPA.
PAN Africa is an information and action network for pesticide control. As part of its activities, it has acquired over a decade’s experience in preparing and distributing awareness-raising tools (posters, brochures, etc.) in various languages (international and local) dealing with various aspects of pesticide management.
2. Objectives of the mission
The objective is to produce posters providing information and signalling for a safe use and management of pesticides in the seven (7) hydraulic unions of the FPA. These are the Unions : Pont-Gendarme, Thilène, Boundoum, Kassack nord, Kassack sud, Thiagar and Dagana.
